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John W
24-02-2014, 11:33 AM
24th Feb. Woke up this morning at about 5 am and decided to take a pic of the Moon thru my Meade LX600 scope. Often difficult at this time since one is half asleep. Two shots are shown here, both non-cropped, single exposures with a Canon 550d camera. First pic shows Schiller, Schikard craters near Mare Humorum (SW limb of Moon) - you can even see around the edge a bit.
Second pic shows Kepler crater with its bright ray system (centre). Copernicus is to upper left. Thanks for viewing.

bobbyf
24-02-2014, 02:58 PM
That's great detail for single exposures. Nice one :thumbsup:

JennyB
25-02-2014, 11:51 AM
Nice views esp. of this side of the Moon. I think this date was one of max. libration SW limb. Thanks for the pics.